Who we are cannot be separated from where we're from.

Poverty is not deprivation, it is isolation.

if we can control the environment in which rapid cognition takes place, then we can control rapid cognition

In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.

understanding the true nature of instinctive decision making requires us to be forgiving of those people trapped in circumstances where good judgment is imperiled.

The Band-Aid solution is actually the best kind of solution because it involves solving a problem with the minimum amount of effort and time and cost.

Our world requires that decisions be sourced and footnoted, and if we say how we feel, we must also be prepared to elaborate on why we feel that way...We need to respect the fact that it is possible to know without knowing why we know and accept that - sometimes - we're better off that way.